Avery House (Griswold, Connecticut)

Avery House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	NE corner of Park and Roode Rds., Griswold, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°36′28″N 71°54′50″W / 41.60778°N 71.91389°W / 41.60778; -71.91389
Area	6.5 acres (2.6 ha)
Built	Circa 1770
Architectural style	Colonial
MPS	Connecticut State Park and Forest Depression-Era Federal Work Relief Programs Structures TR
NRHP reference No.	86001726[1]
Added to NRHP	September 4, 1986

Avery House, in Griswold, Connecticut, also known as Hopeville Pond Park House, was built around 1770. The house is a 20 feet (6.1 m) by 40 feet (12 m), two-story central-chimney Colonial that was originally sheathed in clapboard and topped with a gable roof. The central chimney is on a stone base and has a built-in root cellar. Alterations in the house changed the traditional five-room first floor plan by eliminating the keeping rooms and the removal of the kitchen fireplace. It retains much of its original door frames and wrought-iron latch hardware. After the rehabilitation of the property, the Avery House became the Hopeville Park manager's residence and is a part of the Hopeville Pond State Park. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.